Who hoists the hardware first?

[GreggTX]

Who will do it first? Will it be the Bill's hoisting the Lombardi Trophy, the Sabres hoisting the Stanley Cup or neither?

[Xwnyer]

my hope is First Bills SB than Sabres hoisting cup.   Just worry will never see either happening 😞

[Not at the table Karlos]

Good question. That’s tough. The Bills are in their window but once the Sabres defense and goaltending develops/improves they’re going to be a force for years. They’re building something special.  
 

If I had to guess I would say Bills but I think both will have championships in the near future.
 

[K D]

I chose the last option, but I do think one of them will statistically win one eventually, I just might not be alive to see it happen 😔

[PrimeTime101]

4 hours ago, GreggTX said:

Who will do it first? Will it be the Bill's hoisting the Lombardi Trophy, the Sabres hoisting the Stanley Cup or neither?

by not showing names in a poll like this you are setting it up for trolls.

 

we either have 11 trolls or 11 non bills fans voting. as a fan of both sports, i cant even put in my head that neither team will win it. 

[LabattBlue]

1 hour ago, PrimeTime101 said:

…i cant even put in my head that neither team will win it. 

I have been waiting 50+ years for one or the other to win it all, so you might want to “put it in your head”. 

[MJS]

1 hour ago, LabattBlue said:

I have been waiting 50+ years for one or the other to win it all, so you might want to “put it in your head”. 

So why do you watch if you believe it is impossible?

[chongli]

Remember the Bills were world champions in 1964 and 1965. The SB would start the next year in 1966.

[78thealltimegreat]

The Sabres haven’t made the playoffs in 11 years and have less points then a rebuilding red wings team. If you don’t pick the Bills I don’t know what to tell you. Maybe follow log rolling 🤷‍♂️

[dwight in philly]

13 hours ago, GreggTX said:

Who will do it first? Will it be the Bill's hoisting the Lombardi Trophy, the Sabres hoisting the Stanley Cup or neither?

Well , Im 70.. saw the Hockey Bisons win the AHL Championship in 62-63 , 69-70, and the Bills in 64 -66 two AFL Championships , and obviously both franchises made it close over the years.. i will believe it when i see it happen for one of them.. "13" seconds ,in  my opinion was the closest so far.. more so than wide right.. And will add another variable , even though, not in the context of the post..  The Buffalo Braves in the mid 70's/McAdoo years came real close.. if not for an official's BS call in a playoff game in Buffalo , very good chance , they would have won it all  in the NBA that year 

Edited February 18, 2023 by dwight in philly

[Success]

To the 30% saying neither team will ever win:

 

Josh Allen will not retire without a ring.  It is mathematically impossible.  

[Talley56]

No option for the Bulls winning the national championship?

[LabattBlue]

6 hours ago, MJS said:

So why do you watch if you believe it is impossible?

Did i say it was impossible?   Just said I have yet to see it in 50+ years of following the teams.  

[BuffaloBillsGospel2014]

Imagine the parades when we win both the SB and Stanley Cup next season? It's going to be magical!

[US Egg]

Ace will be selling hardware for awhile longer before Bills or Sabres are hoisting any.

[Big Turk]

Honestly I think maybe the Sabres. They legit have at least 3 elite players right now in Thompson, Dahlin and Power and several other very good ones along with one of the deepest pipelines of talent in the NHL coming up if not THE deepest. I mean they are going to have a bunch of NHL ready players that might be stars that may have nowhere to play and be stuck in Rochester.

 

They could be contending for cups within 2 years.

Edited February 19, 2023 by Big Turk

[prissythecat]

2 hours ago, Success said:

To the 30% saying neither team will ever win:

 

Josh Allen will not retire without a ring.  It is mathematically impossible.  

 

I 'd like to see your proof showing the probability being close to zero lol

[PrimeTime101]

9 hours ago, LabattBlue said:

I have been waiting 50+ years for one or the other to win it all, so you might want to “put it in your head”. 

same. point? I love my teams... and because I do, I will root for the best all the time. Def. not think like this.

8 hours ago, MJS said:

So why do you watch if you believe it is impossible?

this

[par73]

Neither. I've pretty much given up hope that it will happen in my lifetime.

[chongli]

11 hours ago, PrimeTime101 said:

by not showing names in a poll like this you are setting it up for trolls.

 

we either have 11 trolls or 11 non bills fans voting. as a fan of both sports, i cant even put in my head that neither team will win it. 

 

Have you read this forum since the loss to Cincy? Half of the people are negative about the Bills under McD and/or the Bills perpetually having bad luck. I didn't vote, but I am deciding between the options of nether, or the Bills win first. Having lived through Wide Right, the Music City Miracle, 13 seconds, 4th and 18, the last-second loss to the Chargers in the 1980 divisionals, 3 SB blowouts, etc., you can understand my pessimism.